From AOK TO OZ: The Historical Dictionary of American Slang

AUTHOR(S)

Weintraub, Jessica

PUB. DATE

March 2004

SOURCE

Humanities;Mar/Apr2004, Vol. 25 Issue 2, p15

SOURCE TYPE

Periodical

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

Presents information on the book "Historical Dictionary of American Slang," edited by language scholars Jonathan Lighter and Jesse Sheidlower. Sources of the slang words and phrases that were included in the dictionary; Opposition to the recognition of slang words in the U.S.; Significance of a standard language to the existence of slang words; Reason for the creation of slang words; Origins of the slang words that are being created in the U.S.

ACCESSION #

12737911

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